Boucher, François (1703-1770) La Toilette de Vénus (The Toilette of Venus) 1751 Oil on canvas, 108.3 x 85.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Boucher executed this painting for Madame de Pompadour, the powerful, official mistress of Louis XV and…
Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) Judgement of Paris 1530 Oil and tempera on panel, 50.8 x 36.4 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis Lucas Cranach’s interpretation of the Judgment of Paris is a medieval retelling of an ancient beauty contest.…
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705) Giuditta mostra la testa di Oloferne (Judith Displaying the Head of Holofernes) 1703–1704 Oil on canvas, 77.5 x 102.9 cm Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis The body of the murdered Assyrian general Holofernes forms the focal point…
Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640) Venus and Cupid c.1606–1611 Oil on canvas, 137 x 111 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Rubens was the most outstanding of all Flemish painters, and a leading exponent of Baroque art. The Toilet of Venus is one of…
Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530) Madonna col Bambino e san Giovannino (The Virgin and Child with the Infant Baptist) c.1517–1519 Oil on panel, 106.5 x 81.3 cm Wallace Collection, London
Poussin, Nicolas (1594-1665) Une danse sur la musique du temps (A Dance to the Music of Time) c.1634–1636 Oil on canvas, 82.5 x 104 cm Wallace Collection, London
Tiepolo, Giambattista (1696-1770) San Giacomo il Maggiore alla conquista dei mori (Saint James the Greater Conquering the Moors) c.1749–1750 Oil on canvas, 317 × 163 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest “It is as if God created Tiepolo for us. He follows…